Site Event/Activity record ENT5174 - Strip, Map and Sample at Hollytree Farm, Tithby

Location

Location Hollytree Farm, Cropwell Road, Tithby, Nottinghamshire, NG13 8GS
Grid reference Centred SK 69860 36891 (22m by 40m)
Map sheet SK63NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Tithby, Rushcliffe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Cursus Archaeology

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

The site lies at approximately 30m AOD, on level ground, roughly centrally, to the SW of the central crossroads within the village, which is situated in the east region of the Rushcliffe Borough, within the Nottinghamshire Greenbelt, situated within the Vale of Belvoir. The village is built around Grade I Listed Holy Trinity Church at its locus, also situated at the centre, upon raised ground, on the opposite N side of Cropwell Road, to the site. Tithby is located approximately 2 km to the S of Bingham, E of the A46. The site is not situated within a conservation area. The ground is flat at the N end, with a gentle incline down to the earthwork bank (non-designated heritage asset) which exists here, and at the base of this there is a shallow depression, and the ground rises from here to the S end. The earliest datable feature on site was a ditch, dated by the Roman Trent Valley Grey ware sherd found in the ditch fill, and is placed stratigraphically below a pit which it cuts at its N end, and was visible in the W facing section, but which did not provide spot datable artefacts. The ditch fill also contained environmental remains in line with manuring and other similar domestic activities, suggesting that there was a Roman domestic settlement immediately nearby. Other features are dated in a similar range from pottery analysis; two linear fills suggest that the two linear features are Medieval. They are aligned NW-SE and NE-SW respectively, which appears random, and another linear in parallel to one of the two linears directly to the S. The arrangement of four pits or post-holes is interestingly in a quadrangle formation, with two of the features containing the ends of wooden posts or stakes, indicating that perhaps all of these features originally had posts, where they could have been spaced equidistantly, and could have been for a small animal enclosure or shed. One fill dates one of the post-holes to the Post-Medieval Period, and possibly then dates the others if they are associated with a small structure.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: Jude Children. 2021. Final Report on Archaeological Strip Map and Sample (SMS) Excavation at Hollytree Farm, Cropwell Road, Tithby, Nottinghamshire, NG13 8GS.

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

  • Medieval linear features at Hollytree Farm, Tithby (Element)
  • Post-Medieval pits at Hollytree Farm, Tithby (Element)
  • Roman ditch at Hollytree Farm, Tithby (Element)

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 1:29PM

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